Did we say 5 teeth?

Keegan’s got (at least) six teeth poking through now, and he also has a cold that Zoey kindly shared with him. We’re taking him in tomorrow to see Dr. Tracy. It was supposed to be for a shot (can’t remember which one) but I don’t think they’ll give it to him when they hear his wet, gurgley cough. We already picked up something for the cough that seems to help him a lot. I’m sure they’ll have other things to help him feel better, too.

Speaking of the little guy, the other day just as I picked him up right next to Rona’s laptop, which didn’t have the cool waterproof cover on the keyboard, he yacked all over the upper left portion of the keys. As it happens, a significant subset of the tab, 1, 2, 3, q, w, e, a, and s keys tend to come up a lot in the everyday use of a computer. It’s sort of a bummer when they don’t work due to yackage. I called up Applecare, and was informed that fixing such a disaster would require sending in the computer, would run over $600, and isn’t covered by the warranty. He said I could take it in to a non-authorized Apple fixit place and they could likely set it right for a lot cheaper, but that would void the warranty and the extended warranty. Nice. Wisely, or luckily, I opted to instead take it in to the University Village Apple Store. The nice Genius chick at the Genius Bar listened to my explanation, said she could just replace the keyboard for $65, that they had one in stock, and that she would waive the $85 labor fee because I told the truth. (Apparently most people have “no idea” why their keyboard stops working, and then the repair techs find moldy Coke under the keys.) They fixed the laptop while we did a little shopping and Blue-C-Sushiing, and called to say it was done while we were still in the restaurant. So, the Yack Incident set us back only $71 after tax, rather than $670 or so, and it was fixed before we were done browsing the mall. Thank you Apple Store and Genius Chick!

Blue-C Sushi was quite good, and Zoey chowed down on salmon sushi after separating the fish from the rice and having me scrape off the invisible wasabi. We’re just coming off a Week With No TV for Zo, after she drew on the couch with crayons. The week was harder on me than it was on her, and she discovered Cranium Hullabaloo (which I was working on when Rona and I got married) and spent a lot of time playing it. On Saturday she woke up asking to watch TV, but played some Hullabaloo for a while once she got downstairs instead of asking for a show. We had Tivo record some classic holiday shows, like Frosty the Snowman, Frosty Returns, Jack Frost, and The Year Without Santa Claus, and Zoey watched those today. I loves me some Heat Miser!